The L3 Leadership Podcast with Doug Smith

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith interviews Daniel Harkavy, best-selling author and Founder & CEO of Building Champions, an international life and leadership coaching company that serves some of the world's greatest organizations.About Daniel Harkavy:As a coach to some of the country's highest-profile executives, Daniel Harkavy has witnessed the transformation--both professional and personal--that comes when leaders utilize coaching to turn their paycheck-driven teams into vibrant and successful growth cultures. Since founding his company in 1996, Harkavy and his team have coached thousands and shared their knowledge by certifying coaching leaders across the country. Now, in this strategic and thought-provoking guide, he shares his proven strategy for improving your team's performance while raising quality of life inside and outside of the office. You'll learn the core four foundations to every coaching strategy, the most powerful leadership tools you can and should leverage, and the key behaviors and disciplines of successful coaching leaders. Coaching makes developing people a high-payoff activity. Complete with quick leadership quizzes and a quick-reference road map for implementation, Becoming a Coaching Leader shows you how to leverage coaching techniques to equip tomorrow's leaders and pave a lasting leadership legacy.5 Key Takeaways from Episode 277:Daniel discusses the importance of having a Life Plan.A Life Plan is a business plan for your life. It’s a GPS for your life that causes you to live intentionally. Daniel talks about how coaches can gain confidence in their coaching and fight insecurities.Harkavy shares the importance of self-care and personal wellness. “People who think well, live well, love well, etc, will naturally make better leaders.”Great leaders consist of three things: influence, good decision-making, and intentional curiosity.Daniel emphasizes the importance of investing in the next generation.“Transferring hope and belief into a young person’s life is one the best things that an older person can do.” -Daniel HarkavyLinks Mentioned:Living Forward by Michael Hyatt and Daniel HarkavyBuilding ChampionsSetPath.com7 Perspectives of Effective Leadership by Daniel HarkavyQuotes:“Better humans make better leaders” -Daniel Harkavy“People need genuine, healthy leaders” -Daniel Harkavy“Transferring hope and belief into a young person’s life is one the best things that an older person can do.” -Daniel HarkavySupport the show

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith shares how he and Laura are leading their family team. ABOUT DOUG SMITH:Doug is the Director of Development at Light of Life Rescue Mission and Founder and CEO of L3 Leadership. He is the author of his eBook, “Making the Most of Mentoring”, a step by step guide to help you build and cultivate relationships with mentors. He blogs at dougsmithlive.com, he is the host of the L3 Leadership podcast, and he is sought after public speaker.  He is married to his high school sweetheart, Laura, who currently works as an Account Executive at Ivalua. Together, they love family, personal growth, travel, working out, and serving others.CONNECT WITH DOUG:FacebookTwitterYouTubeLinkedIn 6 Key Take-Aways From Episode 276.Doug shares the concept of the Family Team. We Find our identity in our family team first. Everything we do contributes to the family team. We’re a family team on Mission… we want to have generations of Family Teams that live for God and make a difference for Him.Doug teaches the legacy of Jonathan Edwards and Max Juke.Doug discusses Stay-at-home parenting vs. parents who go to work.We try to be as consistent as possible! “Day to day intensity, week to week consistency builds champions!” – Jim Rankin8 Things that Doug & Laura implement to help their children grow.Doug shares the importance of having fun as a family. LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 276:Intentional Parenting - Phil and Diane ComerFamily Revision - Jeremy PryorTech-wise Family by Andy CouchSupport the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode SummaryIn this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith interviews John Mark Comer, Author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry and pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon. In the episode, you’ll hear Doug and John Mark discuss the importance of the sabbath, how to work from rest, and having a proper view of success. 6 Key Takes From Episode 275John Mark discusses “pleasure-stacking” on the Sabbath and his journey toward making the weekly sabbath a lifestyle.Comer talks about how painful it was for him to live the life of hurry.The levels of belief:What we say we believeWhat we think we believeWhat we really believe (Our true/core beliefs)Proper decision-making: Don’t make decisions from exhaustion, but with much rest and waiting. Comer also discuss how decisions should be made in community.John Mark shares his thoughts on success - what it looks like.In the digital age, we have to take digital Sabbath very seriously.About John Mark ComerAuthor John Mark Comer lives, works, and writes in the urban core of Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Tammy, and their three children, Jude, Moses, and Sunday. He is the pastor for teaching and vision at Bridgetown Church soon to be transitioning to lead a new non-profit Practicing The Way. Prior to planting Bridgetown, John Mark was the lead pastor of a suburban megachurch. Before that, he played in a band. John Mark has a master's degree in biblical and theological studies from Western Seminary and is the author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, God Has a Name, Garden City & Loveology. His next book is due out 9/28 entitled Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace.For more of John Mark's teachings on the Scriptures, Jesus, and life, go to bridgetown.church and sign up for the podcast or visit www.johnmarkcomer.com.www.instagram.com/johnmarkcomerwww.twitter.com/johnmarkcomerwww.facebook.com/johnmarkcomer Links MentionedThe Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark ComerLoveology by John Mark Comer Garden City by John Mark ComerGod Has a Name by John Mark ComerBridgetown ChurchSupport the show

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, you'll hear Doug share lessons that he has learned in 10 years of working at Light of Life Rescue Mission, a non-profit that serves homeless men, women, and children in Pittsburgh, PA. The topics you'll hear covered are: FundraisingWhy you should care about those in need. How to get promoted Leadership Learning how to have hard conversations How to build a culture of community Go here for our shownotes: http://www.l3leadership.org/274 Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith interviews Jesse Cole, Founder of Fans First Entertainment and Owner of the Savannah Bananas. You are in for a treat with this power-packed episode. Enjoy!About Jesse ColeJesse Cole is the founder of Fans First Entertainment and owner of the Savannah Bananas.His teams have welcomed more than one million fans to their ballparks and have been featured on MSNBC, CNN, ESPN and in Entrepreneur Magazine.The Bananas have been awarded Organization of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Business of the Year and won the CPL Championship in their first year. Fans First Entertainment has been featured on the INC 5000 lists as one of the fastest growing companies in America.The Savannah Bananas currently have sold out every game since their first season and have a waiting list in the thousands for tickets.Jesse released his first book “Find Your Yellow Tux – How to Be Successful by Standing Out” in January of 2018 with a World Book Tour…at Epcot.Cole has been featured on over 500 podcasts and is an in-demand keynote speaker all over the country sharing the Fans First Experience on how to stand out, be different and create raving fans of both customers and employees.Cole is the Host of the Business Done Differently Podcast and has interviewed over 100 of some of the world’s leading entrepreneurs, authors and speakers.Fun Fact: Cole owns seven yellow tuxedos and proposed to his wife Emily in the yellow tux in front of a sold out crowd. She said Yes! The two later married at their stadium. In 2018, they welcomed their first baby banana, MaverickSix Key Takeaways1. Jesse talks about the crazy journey of turning around the Savannah Bananas baseball team around and creating the incredible culture and success that exists in the organization today.2. What makes you different? Hardest question to answer. A litte bit “er” is not enough. What are you the ONLY one doing? That’s what you need to answer! That’s how you need to stand out. 3. Businesses have business plans and marketing plans, but do they have ATTENTION plans? How are you getting people’s attention?4. Serve over Sell! Entertain and add value before you try and sell someone a product. Here’s the best marketing advice... Stop marketing! Don’t ask how you can make money tomorrow, but how you can serve your people!5. Jesse talks about his 3M Philosophy. Moments - Matter - Meaning. Create moments that show people that they matter so that they sense deeper meaning. 6. Jesse talks about the importance of Entertainment. Provide enjoyment and amusement. How are you entertaining? You can entertain -bring joy - no matter what you do!Quotes“Great leaders are people who share constantly and don’t care what people think.” -Jesse Cole“As a leader, give yourself permission to be a little bit scatterbrained.” -Jesse ColeLinksThe Savannah Bananasfindyouryellowtux.comHow to Find Your yellow Tux by Jesse ColeFind Jesse on LinkedInSupport the show

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith continues to share his top lessons learned in 2020. In part 2, you'll hear Doug share what he’s learned about family, personal branding, self-awareness, and more.Key Take-AwaysManaging/Firing - It’s the most painful part of leadership. Leaders are willing to do what others are not. The moment you feel like you have to manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake. -Jim Collins Lessons from letting people go:Self-Awareness: Get clear on who you are and who you want to be.What Roles do you want to fulfill?Personal Branding is overrated! If God wants to make you a name, let Him do that. “Being #1 has never been on my bucket list. Focusing on being the best that I can be has always been on my bucket list.” -John Maxwell Racial Reconciliation + Diversity & Inclusion: Leaders we need to listen like we’ve never listened before. Resources: The Third Option by Miles Mcpherson, Oneness Embraced by Tony Evans, and Be the Bridge by Latasha Morrison As a Nation, we’ve lost our way because we’ve lost our values. Character development is the most important character. We’re committed to developing leaders of character. Discipleship is what I’ll remember most about my life: How many people could I say that I’ve impacted enough to be my spiritual son or daughter? Out of everything you do, nothing will compare with these. God will be with you in the valley of the shadow of death:“Before any next level in my life. Before God increased my influence, I almost always go through a tough time. It’s that view of God’s history in my life that’s given me comfort in painful seasons. -Sam Chand Be interruptible - It’s the best way to love people. It’s possible that the most important thing God has for me on any given day is not even on my calendar. Am I interruptible? -Bruce LarsonPeople were interruptible for me, I realized that I haven’t always been interruptible for them. Parenting: We only get one shot at this.Family Teams is a Multi-generational family team on a mission. Psalm 127:3-5 - Children are a gift from the Lord. They are a reward from Him. Children are brown to young men are like arrows in a warrior's hands. How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.Links mentioned:Family TeamsThe Third Option by Miles McphersonOneness Embraced: Reconciliation, the Kingdom, and How We are Stronger Together by Tony EvansBe The Bridge by Latasha MorrisonTop Lessons Learned in 2020 Part One by Doug SmithSupport the show

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith interview Denny Pattyn, Founder and President of Silver Ring Thing. Denny has been fighting an incurable cancer diagnosis for the last 5 years. Sixteen operations later, and a loss of 90 pounds, Denny is still continuing to lead strong. In this moving and incredibly inspiring episode, Denny shares what will truly matter at the end of your leadership journey.6 Key Takeaways1. Talks about how his time with the Lord is richer knowing that he’s going to be meeting the Lord in a matter of months, or possibly even weeks. 2. Denny talks about the new vision that God gave him for The Family Wins. The family is the number one group of people who evangelizes. Parently are the world’s largest evangelists. “The way a family wins is when the mother and father spend personal time with the Lord every day”... Because God’s word does not return void.  3. Denny Talks about how to discern God-given vision from what might be your own vision.I’m always very very careful to say that something is God’s until he demonstrates His power and provision through it. Vision is like throwing spaghetti against the wall. What stays and what falls away? What stays is God. What slides down and falls away, I forget about. What sticks, I stick with. 4. “Everyone who comes across my path is in danger of being evangelized.”Denny talks about taking a job as an Uber driver, just to have an opportunity to share the Gospel with young people.I  want to be remembered as someone who couldn’t help but to share the Gospel. Every second of my life, it was the joy to share Jesus with people.5. I’m most proud of my family.I want to be remembered first of all as a good husband, then a good father. 6. My last advice to leaders is to try and stay as singularly focused as possible. Don’t lose sight of the one thing you’ve been called to you. Stay singularly focused on it. Links Mentioned in Episode 271:The Family WinsThe Family Wins Devotional BibleAbout Denny:Denny Pattyn, husband, father, visionary and an evangelist at heart was raised by two atheist parents which has fueled his passion for reaching under-churched people with the Gospel. Over the course of his ministry, he is most well-known for founding Silver Ring Thing (SRT) in 1995, in response to concerns for the escalating teen pregnancy rates in Yuma, Arizona. In 2000, he and his family returned home to Pittsburgh bringing the SRT vision with them.Since that time, SRT has hosted nearly 1,500 peer-led events in 9 countries impacting 725,000 attendees, with 265,000 students choosing to wear silver rings as a commitment to purity and nearly 133,000 students receiving Christ as Lord and Savior. From its inception, SRT recognized that true change in a person’s life only comes about with heart change. SRT events provided a unique platform to talk with teens about God’s plan for sex, love, and dating. Addressing their pain and acknowledging the guilt associated with sexual sin proved to be a powerful avenue to share God’s grace and the power of the Gospel.Hearing countless parents express their concern for their children and families at SRT events, coupled with the fact that a strong family is universally valued, supplied the motivation for Denny to step into a new role. This compelled him to pursue his latest project - The Family Wins (TFW). TFW’s vision is to see families strengthened and lives changed by embracing God’s wisdom and by spending tiSupport the show

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, as part of a two-part teaching, Doug Smith shares his top lessons in learned in 2020.Key Take-Aways From Episode 270.1. Life is Hard, Don’t Quit Doug shares 5 Truths: You are going to die, Life is hard, You are not that important, You are not in control, Your life is not about you -  You must experience your own powerlessness before a true spiritual journey can begin. 2. Learn to Rest and Recover...or you’ll be forced to. "Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life." -Dallas Willard "If you don’t have plenty of time to do what I called you to do, you’re wasting time." -Keith Moore "The world aches for the generosity of a well-rested people." -Wayne Muller "Rest is an act of faith." -Dallas Willard 3. Doug shares what God taught him most in 2020. “Doug, what if you’d knew it’d all happen. You know it will. Think back to all the stress you put on yourself trying to make it happen. You can’t make anything happen. Let me surprise and delight you Let me make it happen. Rest.”  -God4. Doug shares his Top Leadership Lessons in 2020: a. Leadership does suck! "Those who wish to become CEO’s, be careful what you wish for. It takes your life to be devoted to the company's life. In the end, work is just dust." -Joel Manby There are no two easy consecutive days in a leader's life. b. Always Ask Who not How! "If there are things before you that aren’t getting done, consider then that it may be someone else’s assignment!" -Rick Wellock c. Leading Teams: "If you find yourself angry at your team, it’s likely not them that you are mad at, it’s you being mad at your inability to lead them." -Carey Neiwhof Doug shares his journey from pleasing people to leading PeopleI’ll always love people, but I’d never depend on their love. Your relational gifting won’t get you through all the time. d. Managing/Firing:You may not understand, when you move into leadership, you will. It’s the most painful part of leadership. Leaders are willing to do what others are not.  "The moment you feel like you have to manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake. "-Jim Collins Dealing with underperforming people:Lessons from letting people go.Quotes “When things go wrong, when obstacles seem too great, when the difficulties get to be too much, when your dream seems to be impossibly far away, your job is to simply keep going.” -John MaxwellI’ve never had a senior leader that has fired someone regret it. Their only regret is they should have done it sooner. - Sam Chand A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. -Henry ThoreauIf you have no joy, there’s a lack in your Christianity somewhere. -Billy Sunday Links:Who Not How by Dan SullivanTop Lessons Learned in 2019Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith interviews Wayne Cordeiro, Founding Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii with over 11,500 in weekend attendance. In the episode, Doug and Wayne discuss leading on empty and the effects of burnout.Wayne has led New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii for 36 years and has planted 162 churches. His passion is raising up emerging leaders.Key TakeawaysWayne and Doug discuss the importance of focusing on discipleship in ministry leadership. Church planting and success in the ministry is a result of proper discipleship. Character-development is crucial. Wayne talks about burnout and the telltale signs of depression in leadership. It’s not something that you can plan for. Burnout is restored by healing, adjustment, and rescheduling.There’s a difference between tiredness and burnout. Tiredness is resolved by better sleeping habits, burnout is not.Wayne discusses solitude’s importance to our mental and spiritual health. Solitude is not isolation. Isolation is getting away from people. Solitude on the other hand is a planned away time with God.Suffering in leadership is actually okay. If you never suffer, you never grow and never learn. Typically our darkest moments in leadership are right before our brightest moments. Wayne gives advice for every season of life.Our Twenties are for gaining life experience. It’s a time to take advantage of opportunities and to be a servant leader seeking to serve. Our Thirties are for us to experiment with what God’s given us and to discover exactly what God has called us to do.Our Forties are for leadership development and for us to hone our craft and sharpen our skills. From our Fifties on, we are to be looking for successors and emerging leaders to pour our life and leadership into.Links:Leading on Empty by Wayne CordeiroThe Divine Mentor by Wayne CordeiroSifted by Wanye CordeiroNew Hope Fellowship ChurchSupport the show

Send us Fan MailEpisode SummaryIn this episode of the L3 Leadership Podcast, Doug Smith interviews Nona Jones, Head of Faith-Based Partnerships for Facebook. In the episode, Nona Jones shares her incredible story and how to build community using social media.About Nona JonesNona Jones is considered a global thought-leader at the intersection of faith and technology and has also served as a voice of hope and healing to victims of trauma due to her own history as a survivor of physical and sexual abuse. Her highly anticipated books are equipping church leaders and individuals to harness their potential toward realizing their purpose.Shownotes available at L3Leadership.org/Episode268Links MentionedFrom Social Media to Social Ministry by Nona Jones Success from the Inside Out by Nona Joneshttps://www.nonajones.com/Facebook For FaithSupport the show